Shoe-rack.



No. 819,777. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

- R. MACDONALD.

SHOE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1905.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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katented May 8, 1906.

Application filed August 30, 1905. Serial No. 276,484.

To all whom it may concern.-

4 Be it known that I, ROBERT MACDONALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ho e, in the county of Providence and State of fihode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Racks, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention re ates to improvements in shoe-racks, the purpose of the same bein to provide a simple and effective Way of hol ing shoes in an orderly manner either for pur poses of displa in a dealers- Window or for individual or omestic use at home, one of the princi a1 features of my invention being its adapta ilit to shoes of different sizes.

The above objects are accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a section through a; :c of Fig. 1, showing shoes in position; and Fig. 3, a detail of the holding-clip.

11 Big. 1, a a is a suitable frame, of Wood or other material, of any convenient size and adapted to hold any desired number of clips. This frame may or may not have one or more cross-bars a according to the desired capacity of the frame.

6 is a hook for suspension of the frame, and b b are wire clips secured to the frame by screws 0 or any other e uivalent method.

(1 d are Wires S6OL1I8( transversely to the frame forming su' ports for the sole of the shoe, as shown in B ig. 2.

The shape of the clips I) b is important, it being in substance an elliptical or approximately elliptical loop 0 en at the upper portion and terminating 1n ends bent at right angles or approximately right angles to the plane of the -oop, these ends having suitable eyes, as shown at b b.

cal side bars of san.

The operation of this clip in holdin shoes of different sizes is shown in Fig. 3. T e loop normally is of a size to fit the smallest-sized heel that Will be apt to be used on the frame but the projecting u per ends of the clip between the loop and the frame spring apart on the insertion of larger heels, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, thus holding such lar er sizes securely.

aving now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p 1. A shoe-rack consisting of a rectangular frame having a central cross-bar, an eye attached to one end of said frame for suspending the frame from a suitable support, a plura ity of clips consisting of bent oops having e 'es at their extremities, screws assin through the eyes of the loops of the clips and securing the same to the upper cross-bar and the central cross-bar of the frame, said 100 s being adapted to be sprung apart at t e o ening thereof so as to accommodate. the sl ioe-heels and supports carried by the vertiframe and projectin fore wardly from the frame to support the soles of shoes suspended in said loops.

2. A shoe-rack comprising a frame, a plurality of cli s attached to the frame, each consistin OF a bent wire having its ends at right angles to its central portion and a su port of substantially U shape carried by t 1e rame below said clips.

In testimony whereof I aflix my in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT MACDONALD.

signature Witnesses:

JOSEPH MAoDoNALn, PATRICK H. QUINN. 

